Combined rail-joint and tie.



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T. B. IPATTON.

COMBINED RAILJOINT AND TIE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. e, 1904.

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THOMAS B. PATTON, OF SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED RAIL-JOINT AND TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,309, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed September 9,1904. Serial No. 223,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs B. PATTON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Smithfield, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in a Combined Rail-Joint and T ie, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements incombined metallic ties and rail-joints, and has for its object theprovisionof novel means whereby two sections of rails may be easilysecured together without the use of nuts and bolts; furthermore, toprovide novel means that will permit the rails to expand and contract.

Another object of .the present invention is to provide a constructionthat will permit the rails to be easily joined together and readilyremoved when the occasion requires.

My invention still further aims to provide a construction of tie andrail-joint that when placed in position will prevent the rail fromspreading; furthermore, one that will be extremely simple, strong,durable, and highly efiicient.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts tobehereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tie andrail-joint. Fig. 2 is a similar view of amodified form thereof. Fig. 2is a detached detail perspective view of one of the fish-plates. Fig. 3is a transverse vertical sectional view of the rails, showing the endsof the fish-plates and the tie in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a transversevertical sectional view of the rail, fish-plate, and tie. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the rails provided with my improved tie andrail-joint. Fig. 6 is a similar View as illustrated in Fig. 3, showing amodification of my improved device as illustrated in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a perspectiveView of one form of fish-plate as employed in the modified form ofconstruction. Fig. 9 is a similar view of one of the ends of the rail asemployed in the modified form of construction.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents a metallic cross-tiehaving a baseflange 2 and a head-flange 3. Intermediate the head andbase flanges 2 and 3 are formed integral ribs 4. The head 3 and the webportion extending to the ribs 4 are partially cut away to receive therails and fish-plate, the head 3 being sheared to form shoulders 5,engaging the fish-plates 6, which carry outwardly-extending flanges 7,the latter being lodged in the cut-away portions formed in the web ofthe tie. The rails 8 likewise are formed with ribs 9, which extendoutwardly from the web portion of the rails to the inner face of thefish -plates, which have formed therein corresponding grooves 10 for thereception of ribs 9. The ends of the rails are also sheared, as shown inFigs. 7 and 9 of the drawings and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5of the drawings. I preferably shear away a portion of the tread and webof one rail and also shear away a portion of the baseflange and web ofthe opposite meeting rail. It will also be noted that the fish-platesare slightly tapered, so. as to perform the wedging action when drivenhome between the web of the rail and seat formed in the tie. Themodified form of my invention contains all the main features andelements of my preferred form of construction of tie, fish-plate, andrail, and a particular description of the same is thought unnecessary.

It will be seen that when my improved tie and rail-joints are placed inposition the rails may be firmly held in place and that a lateral orupward displacement of the rails will be impossible. The many otheradvantages presented by my improved railjoint will be readily apparentfrom the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings. It will also be noted that various other changesmay be made in the details of construction without departing from thegeneral spirlt of my inventlon.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic tie having recesses formed therein forming seats, railscarrying ribs upon their Web portions, and fish-plates secured in saidseats and engaging said rails and tie.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of metalliccross-ties carrying base and head flanges, said cross-ties havingrecesses formed therein forming seats, rails, outwardly-extending ribsformed upon the web portions of said rails, fish-plates having groovesformed in the inner faces, and flanges on their outer faces secured insaid seats for the purpose set forth.

